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Borked
Robert Bork died late this year. He was a distinguished scholar. One of his many distinctions included having a last name as a verb form – “to bork”. The good judge was borked by Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy during senate hearings on his nomination to the supreme court.
The late senator from Chappaquiddick claimed, “Robert Bork’s America” was a place where “women would be forced into back alley abortions and blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters.” A more circumspect Biden would wait 25 years before claiming they would be seated in chains.
Coming to Terms
The Populist in Chief once again struck just the right note by telling Diane Sawyer that he would rather do a good job and only serve one term than have the dim-witted electorate reward him with a second term for doing a mediocre job. Here’s a Wash Post story with video.